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Autonomous electric truck company Einride rides into Germany

TechCrunch

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. This will also require a purpose-built charging grid, which Einride said it will create along Germany’s most important commercial routes and neighboring trade regions. Gearing up.

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China’s JD.com pilots cross-border platform Joybuy in London as it takes on Temu in UK’s $163 billion e-commerce market

TechNode

Why it matters: JD.com began its globalization journey early, but has struggled to secure a leading position due to a lack of strategic focus. The move signals JDs ambitions to capture a slice of the UKs 127 billion ($163 billion) retail e-commerce market in 2024 the third-largest globally.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. The top five donors by dollar amount—The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, IKEA Foundation, BP plc, Lego Foundation, and Google—account for 35% of total funding.

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The changing face of MNCs in China: Chinese local for global 

TechNode

She is also on the Board of Directors for tech startups such as Averatek, Cambridge Touch Tech, Econic, Thingple, Global Power Tech and more. Recently, on 7 Sep 2023, Phoenix Contact celebrated its centenary globally, and its 30th anniversary in Nanjing, China. and building an ecosystem of partners. trillion.

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Zolve raises $40 million to help global citizens access financial services

TechCrunch

Partners of DST Global led the Bangalore-headquartered startup’s Series A financing round. The round, which values the 10-month-old startup at $210 million and brings its all-time raise to $65 million, also saw participation from Tiger Global and Alkeon Capital and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel.

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

TechCrunch

million (25 billion KRW) in a Series B funding round as it wants to increase its global presence, specifically into the U.S., Germany, Japan and Singapore. . It also has created partnerships with an array of global companies like Nvidia, Ansys and dSPACE. . The startup posted $1.7 Last year, Morai set up its U.S.

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Intel’s Mobileye will launch a robotaxi service in Germany in 2022

The Verge

Mobileye, the Intel-owned company that specializes in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, announced that it will launch a robotaxi service in Germany in 2022. Those plans are pending local approval by regulators as well. But the plan is already running into problems with local lawmakers.

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